MOTHER COUNTRY.
THE MUNITION STRIKES. BIRMINGHAM MEN TO RETURN. Received July 29, 7.45 p.m. London, July 29. A mass meeting of strikers at Birmingham decided to continue the strike, but as the majority was below the necessary two-thirds the committee subsequently passed a resolution recommending work to be resumed on Monday. Three thousand Woolwich engineers have decided to strike on Tuesday,' unless the embargo is removed. Received July 29, 7.50 p.m. London, July 28. The Press Bureau states that the Ministry of Munitions to-night announced that communications received to-day from all parts of the country indicate that the situation has distinctly improved. The majority of the strikers will, in all probability, return to work on the 29th. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE. NO ADDITIONAL TAXATION OF FOODSTUFFS. Received July 27, 7.45 p.m. London, July 29. Mr. Walter Long, replying to a correspondent, said the Government's Imperial preference proposals certainly will not include taxation of foodstuffs other than those already subject to taxation —Reuter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1918, Page 5
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160MOTHER COUNTRY. Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1918, Page 5
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